US4635640AExpiredUtility
Ladies competition suit
Est. expiryJun 10, 2005(expired)· nominal 20-yr term from priority
Inventors:Rhonda Sehorn
A41D 7/00A41C 3/0078
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PatentIndex Score
27
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References
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Claims
Abstract
A two-piece competition suit for use by a woman body builder comprising brief and bra members with a cord member interconnecting the same. The cord cooperates with ring members on the brief so as to variously size the suit and allow the brief to respond to changes in size and/or musculature of the woman body builder.
Claims
exact text as granted — not AI-modifiedHaving thus described the invention, what is claimed as new and desired to be secured by Letters Patent is:
1. A competition suit for a woman comprising: a bikini brief having a first panel for covering the front pelvic region of the wearer and a rear panel for covering the posterior region of the wearer, said front and rear panels being connected by a crotch panel therebetween; a bra member; means for maintaining said bra on said wearer; a pair of laterally spaced-apart female fastener elements connected to one of said front or rear panels and positioned on the respective hips of the wearer; a pair of laterally spaced-apart elongated male fastener elements connected to the other of said front or rear panels and positioned on the respective hips of the wearer, said respective male elements slidable through said male elements for joining said front panel to said rear panel on said regions of said wearer in a user-selectable displacement therebetween, said male elements further joining said brief with said brassiere, said slidable relationship between said elements allowing for displacement of said front and rear panels towards and away from one another in response to various sizes of said pelvic and posterior regions of said wearer.
2. The apparatus as claimed in claim 2 wherein said male fastener elements comprises a ring element with said female element comprising a cord element, said cord being slidable through said ring to present said movement.
3. The apparatus as claimed in claim 2 wherein said cord is associated with said bra to present said connecting means.
4. The apparatus as claimed in claim 3 wherein said cord includes at least integral first and second segments with said first segment extending between said panel and said ring with said second segment extending between said ring and said bra, said respective segments changing in length to displace said front and rear panel members.
5. The apparatus as claimed in claim 4 wherein said first segment lengthens to increase the displacement between said panels.
6. The apparatus as claimed in claim 4 wherein said first segment shortens to decrease the displacement between said panels.
7. The apparatus as claimed in claim 4 wherein said second segment slidably extends through said bra allowing for user displacement of said bra along said second segment and relative to said brief.
8. The apparatus as claimed in claim 7 further comprising a third integral segement of said cord exiting from said bra and having terminal free ends, said ends being tied about the wearer to provide said means for maintaining said bra on said wearer.Join the waitlist — get patent alerts
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